Man gets foot stuck under semitruck wheel, is crushed to death in Hall County

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A Gainesville man was killed after his foot got caught under the wheel of a semitruck and he was crushed to death Friday, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office.

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office was called to reports of a man dead at a trailer manufacturing business around 10:30 a.m. Friday.

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Witnesses told the deputy that workers at Cottrell Trailers were pushing a semitruck out of a bay when Thi Ngoc Hoang, 52, got his foot trapped under a wheel, sheriff’s office spokeswoman B.J. Williams said.

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Williams said Hoang was trapped and that the semi truck rolled over him and crushed him to death. The sheriff said Hoang’s death was accidental.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident.

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